Punch Art Angel ~ How to Video

December 28, 2013December 28, 2013Leave a comment

Welcome to the 4th in my series on Punch Art embellishments……… this time I have made a video!!!

I shall be using this on a layout for my Scrap Camp next month, but it will work perfectly for a card front for next Christmas or with a change of colors to, say, pink, it will also make a ‘princess’ for a birthday card front.

Supplies used:

2 1/2 circle punch ( 120906) for Cherry Cobbler (119685)
Petite Pennents Builder Punch (122361) Whisper White (100730)and Silver Glimmer Paper (124005)
Small Oval (120908) Silver Glimmer Paper (124005)
3/4 ” circle punch (119873) Pink Piroutte (111351)
Little Leaves Sizzlit (114511) Chocolate Chip (102128)
Beautiful Wings Embossit (118138) Velum Cardstock (101856)

Thanks to Kathy Kuffel and Julie Arvin for their inspiration.

Happy Punching!

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Punch Art 3 ~ Graduation Owl

December 22, 2013Leave a comment

The third in my series of punch art embellishments is the graduation owl.

We start with the Owl Punch and some Crumb Cake card stock to make the body then Whisper White and Basic Black to make his eyes. The large flower in the Boho Blossom punch was used to cut Crumb Cake ‘wings’ which was then cut in half. Soft Suede ink was sponged onto the body and wings.

The medium flower from the Boho Blossom blossom punch was used to cut the ‘beak’ in Tangarine Tango card stock then trimmed to a single petal which was attached behind the eyes with a glue dot.

The cap was made by using the oval punch to cut Basic Black then cut in half. Then shaped with 1/2 inch circle punch from the Itty Bitty punch pack. The top of the cap started as a 1″ square then trimmed to make the diamond shape before attaching to the base with a stampin dimensional. The tassle was made with Cherry Cobbler bakers twine, then a white gel pen to make the little ‘twinkle’ in his eye.

He was then was used as an embellishment on the scrapbook page.

Happy Punching……………….

Punch Art 2 ~ Bear

November 24, 2013November 24, 2013Leave a comment

Here is the second in my series of punch art embellishments, this is based on ‘Bertie Bear’ by Pat Carr (an Australian SU designer)

As you can see the Owl punch has come into play again for the body and the little fur tuft on the top of his head. The arms and feet use the ‘wing’ from the Bird Builder Punch.

All the pieces are cut from Crumb Cake and were sponged in ‘Soft Suede’ ink. The nose and tuft were cut from Soft Suede card stock. I used the Chocolate Chip stampin marker to put on his features and cute little toes.

This turned out to be a very versatile embellishment as I used the him for a recent scrap book layout:

….. as well as a card for my recently arrived great-niece, Isla

Punch Art – Book worm

November 17, 2013Leave a comment

I love to make my own embellishments for my scrap book pages. This often involves pulling out all of my paper punches and scraps of card stock and to footle about until I get something that looks good and is repeatable in my scrap camps.

At least one of my pages contains a punch art embellishment. To help my ‘scrappers’ create their own little gem I create an exploded version for them to follow. I thought I would share some of these in a series of posts.

This little guy featured in the ‘school days’ scrap pages in the October scrap camp. He is made from a series of Stampin’ Up’s circle punches as well as the eyes from the Owl Punch

And here is the finished scrap book layout:

Stampin’ Up’s ~ Gorgeous Grunge & Oh Hello

November 14, 2013Leave a comment

Gorgeous Grunge…… curious choice of words… I have to admit that I did not really see the stamp set when the new catalog was released in June, I am more into flowers and doilies than splodges and skid marks!!! However we were given this set as part of our Convention 2013 goodies and I bought it home and put it in my stamp cupboard.

In late July I was designing some scrap book layouts for my August Scrap camp ~ the theme was ‘fun in the sun’ – I was looking for something that would give me a ‘sand-type’ texture to add dimension to my crumb cake cardstock ‘beach’ I browsed thru my stamp sets and there was ‘Gorgeous Grunge’ sitting there waiting patiently for me…… the little scattered dot pattern stamp gave me a perfect effect.

In August I was working on my September Scrap Camp designs, this time a travel theme, again looking for texture to add interest to the background of my pages…. there was Gorgeous Grunge again….. using the kinda ‘tyre skid’ effect at the bottom of my pages. I was really beginning to warm to this stamp set!

I also used the small ‘splodge’ on the Thanksgiving Banner featured in an earlier post.

November, December and January bring a lot of birthdays for the fellas in my family…… so out came the Gorgeous Grunge once again!

………. and again for a couple of ‘thank you’ cards same layout at the guy cards but using more ‘girly’ colors and the pretty flower from the ‘Oh Hello’ stamp set (which I got as part of my materials at Leadership training way back in January

So I guess the moral is to never judge a stamp set by it cover ~ this little DVD case was full of little gems! 🙂

Beautiful Stampin’ Up Colors

October 20, 2013October 20, 2013Leave a comment

While working on a design for upcoming Scrap Camps, I was looking thru all the wonderful colors that are available from Stampin’ Up. I started working with some of the Brights family and then my eye was drawn to the Crushed Curry in the Regals family. Hmmmmmm, now I have to choose!!! I will share the result when I have a made my choices.

Leave me a comment on which of the colors are your favorites – I would love to know!

Have a happy Sunday 🙂

Stampin’ Up Featured Product ~ Magnetic Platform

September 14, 2013Leave a comment

The magnetic platform is now available to order. The is a wonderful tool for accurate cutting using your Big Shot and framelits dies.

Want to see it in action? Click on the picture above to see Stampin’ Up’s video

This Baby shower card was made using the Apothecary Accents Framlits dies along with the Magnetic Platform, allowing an accurately centered cut in the Pistachio Pudding card frame. Makes fantastic embellishments for scrapbooking and 3D home decor projects.

Can’t live without these great products? Order here!! from my on-line store, available 24/7!

September Scrap Camp Layouts

August 27, 20131 Comment

September’s Scrap Camp Layouts, cute “Baby theme”, you can choose either pink or blue and ‘Travel’ theme. These classes are fun and relaxed, you leave with 2 finished, double page layouts ready for you to crop and drop your photos, mementos and journaling

Evening Class ~ September 10th – 7 til 9 ~ Weston (Texas)

Day Class ~ September 12th – 10 til 12 ~ Allen (Texas)

All materials cut ready for you to stamp and assemble.

Class fee: $15 or $30 Stampin’ Up product order.

If you are unable to attend class – contact me for details on a kit.